by Bert Daniel | May 1, 2022 | Welcome Column
I have a lot of fun writing about the music I love and if you are a regular reader here maybe you have thought about contributing your own thoughts about bluegrass music. I certainly encourage you to do so. We need new writers for the welcome column. Please send me...
by Patrick Campbell | May 1, 2022 | Announcements
Photo: TJ Band. L to R Ted Kuster, David Carlson, Bert Daniel, Alice Fitzwater, and Jason Gross. (photo – Patrick Campbell) CBA member and dogged Sonoma County bluegrass jam leader and promoter David Carlson produced the first annual Americana String Music...
by Bert Daniel | Apr 29, 2022 | Uncategorized, Welcome Column
I have always loved trains and many times I have camped at bluegrass festivals that happened to be right next to railroad lines. Sometimes the train whistle is a bit too close and the loud whistle disrupts your campside jam session. But sometimes the train’s arrival...
by Patrick Campbell | Apr 29, 2022 | Announcements
Greetings – Thanks for your interest in Bay Area bluegrass and old time music events — and for sending me updates and corrections. Please visit the Bluegrass Signal web site for the latest listings and playlists, as well as a number of items and articles...
by Patrick Campbell | Apr 27, 2022 | Announcements
UPDATE: A GoFundMe page in aid of Oleksandr Smykovskyi has now been launched here A Ukrainian violin maker whose livelihood has been devastated by the ongoing Russian invasion is calling for help. Oleksandr Smykovskyi was born, raised and lived his entire life in...
by Bruce Campbell | Apr 27, 2022 | Welcome Column
Bluegrass and baseball are inextricably linked. It’s a fact. Bill Monroe’s band used to challenge the local baseball teams in the towns they came through, and by all accounts, they were fierce competitors who beat the locals more often than not. Here are some other,...
by Patrick Campbell | Apr 26, 2022 | Reviews
www.JamesReams.com Many bluegrass musicians have come from the bluegrass state of Kentucky, but few have had the long journey that James Reams has taken. He left his home state and journeyed to New York, started the Park Slope Bluegrass Jamboree, started James Reams...
by Bert Daniel | Apr 24, 2022 | Uncategorized, Welcome Column
…There you are, standing with your instrument and the music is just great. The most sublime moment of the whole festival is right now and you know it. It’s a little chilly and you forgot your jacket, but it doesn’t matter. You’re reasonably...
by Patrick Campbell | Apr 20, 2022 | Reviews
Bob Minner: From Sulphur Springs to Rising Fawn www.minnerguitar.com Song List: Last Train From Poor Valley, Ginseng Sullivan, Widow’s Creek, Church Street Blues, On and On and On, Macon Rag, Green Light on the Southern, Lonesome Jenny, Hangin’ Dog, Ridge Road...
by Bert Daniel | Apr 20, 2022 | Welcome Column
(Editor’s Note: Here’s one I wrote a few years ago called the Department of Redundancy Department) Happy Easter to everybody! I have to admit that, for me, these days Easter isn’t all that it’s cracked up to be. (pardon the pun) Easter egg hunts are mostly...
